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Re: What do you want to do most of all?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:44 am
by tractorman
Hmm, I suspect Richard would want an apprentice that stays after he learns how to cure Herald ignition problems!
I don't think I'd want to run a business though - too much red tape and paperwork for my taste! Mind you, that's one of the reasons why I'd avoid a trophy wife/bride ...
Re: What do you want to do most of all?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 12:41 pm
by Fatbloke
Re: What do you want to do most of all?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 4:51 pm
by rich.
tractorman wrote:Hmm, too much red tape and paperwork for my taste! Mind you, that's one of the reasons why I'd avoid wife/bride ...
what sort of women are about in your area??
anyway as my dad always said, "you can't be happy all your life, you have to get married sometime!
Re: What do you want to do most of all?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 6:44 pm
by tractorman
I am single and have often been reminded that getting married makes TWO people unhappy (especially if one thinks it is OK to own two old tractors and a Land Rover - and spend all his money on them!)
Re: What do you want to do most of all?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 8:55 pm
by rich.
get yourself a "good woman" & all your toys will soon be gone
Re: What do you want to do most of all?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:59 pm
by JPB
rich. wrote:get yourself a "good woman" & all your toys will soon be gone
Not if you remove the batteries from all of them before she comes home from her work.
Re: What do you want to do most of all?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:07 pm
by tractorman
The old sage says "Women marry men expecting they will change; men marry women expecting they will stay the same. Both are disappointed!"
I'm pretty sure that a "good woman" would find me a bit of a slob - I haven't Hoovered the downstairs carpets for over a week (and upstairs for a month!). That isn't a great problem unless you have dark carpets and a white(ish) dog that's moulting - and likes to eat Bonios in the living room!
Oh well, at least it's only July, I don't need clean undies for a couple of months...
Re: What do you want to do most of all?
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 4:28 am
by bnicho
My wife lets me get away with a lot. We don't have a perfect marriage, but she is very tolerant of my automotive habits. To thank her I even bought her a classic Mini. Which I can play with of course.
As for anyone else who complains, I just tell them I have a condition called CRAPS - Compulsive Rusty Automobile Purchase Syndrome.
Re: What do you want to do most of all?
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 7:42 am
by TerryG
I would say something similar. My other half enjoys my cars when they are working and puts up with me working on them when they aren't. She knows that in exchange for losing me to some spanner time she gets days out in cars she likes.
Heather has a real soft spot for the mog but I think most people do. I can get away with cancelling things if I am going to do some work on that.
Re: What do you want to do most of all?
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 8:10 am
by tractorman
I suspect most wives/partners prefer to hear the other half banging away at their car in the garage, rather than hear about them banging somewhere else!